Cooking apparatus.



R. M. G. PHILHPS, COOKING APPARATUS.

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COOKING APPARATUS.

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ROSS M. G. PHILLIPS, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

COOKING APPARA'IUSQ.

Specification of Letters Patent." Patented Mar, '7, 1916.

Application filed August 10, 1914. Serial N 0. 856,044.

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F lgure'l a view in front elevation of a cooking apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention, the hood and legs being broken away. Fig. 2 a view of the apparatus in side elevation with its shutter and damper open. Fig. 3 a view of the apparatus in horizontal section on the irregular line ab of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 a broken view of the apparatus in vertical section on the line 0-(Z of Fig. 2, showing the shutter in its closed position. Fig. 5 a broken view in vertical section through the damper which is shown in its open position. Fig. 6

a broken sectional view showing one of the tw0 springs employed for suspending the damper from the damper-suspension bail. Fig. 7 a broken sectional view through the I lower part of the timing-mechanism, showing its releasing-lever. Fig. 8 a broken sectional view of one form of relief-valve which may be used in the damper 43 employed as a closure for the egress draftpassage. Fig. 9 a broken view in front elevation of my improved cooking apparatus shownas provided with a removable foodcontainer for use when desired. Fig. 10 a detached perspective view of the removable food-container.

My invention relates to an improved gasburning cooking apparatus having ingress and egress draft-passages and provided with means for automatically cutting off the supply of gas and closing and sealing the said passages at a predetermined time, the object being to provide a simple, convenient, economical and effective cooking apparatus of the character described.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a cooking apparatus having certain details of construction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I employ ana'utomatically operated ingress draft-shutter o'r closure 2 furnished at its upper end with an outwardly project 111g hub'3 by means of which it is suspended so, as to oscillate in a vertical plane upon the pro ect1ng outer portion of a gas-inlet .pipe 4 the outer end of which is connected by an elbow, 5 with a vertically arranged gas-pipe 6 containlng an automatic gas-cock 7 and a manual gas-cock 8, the latter for regulating the amount of gas supplied to the oven 9 and for ehabling the gas tofb of the oven 9, enters at its upper end a T- connectlon 10 in a horizontal gas-pipe 11 the rear end of which is connected with a-gassupply pipe 12 from" which a gas-pipe 13 leads into a hood or warming oven 14, which may be of any approved construction. The forward end of the pipe 11 is furnished with an elbow 15 connected with a horizontal gaspipe 16 extending across the front of the oven 9 and supplying gas to a series of burners 17 extending under theburner-plate 18. The gas connections described may, of course, be varied as desired. The said shutter or closure 2 is employed to open and close and seal an ingress draft-passage 19 provided by a shutter-seat 2O the'outer edge of which is ground to be snugly fitted by the inner face of the shutter, so that when the shutter is in its closed position no air can enter the oven 9 through the said inlet draftpassage 19. The said shutter-seat 20 is fitted into the outer end of what I may term bushing 21 and the walls or shells 22 and 23 of the oven are clamped together by trans- 4 versely arranged machine-screws 24 passed inward-through the flange of the shutterseat 20 and threaded into a retaining-ring 25 encircling the projecting inner end of the bushing 21 and placed against the inner face of the inner wall or shell 22 of theoven. The gas-inlet pipe 4 upon which the shutter 2 oscillates, is mounted in the upper portion of the shutter-seat 20 in which it is secured Est " arm 46 mounted upon the out The said arm 40 is also connected by a set-screw 26. A- spring 27 encircling the hub 3 of the shutter 2 is connected at one end therewith and at the other end with a washer 28 upon the outer end of the pipe 4,this spring exerting a constant efiort' to swing the shutter downward intoits closed position and also pressing it inwardly upon the shutter-seat to more ,eflectively seal the ingress draft-passage 19. The projecting inner end of the said pipe 4 receives an elbow 29 connected by a short pipe 30 to an elbow 31 leading into a horizontally arranged burner or preheater 32 permanently located within "the bottom of the oven, a

miXing-chamber 33 being located between the elbow 31 and the burner 32. This miX- ing chamber 33 is accessible for ad ustment through a double walled insulated oven door 34 closing the front of the oven and furnished with hinges 35 and a handle 36. The said shutter 2 is automatically swung into its open and closed or sealed positions by means of a vertically arranged operatingrod 37 the upper end of whic is connected to the outer end of an arm 38 mounted in the projecting outer end of the stem 39 of a valve (not shown) located within the automatic gas-cock 7. The said stem 39 is also provided with an arm 40 connected with a horizontal operating-rod 41 extending forward through. the lower end of the casing of a timing-mechanism 42 automatically controlling the closing of the shutter 2 and also the egress draft-damper 43, the said rod 41 being furnished atits forward end for its manual operation, with a ring-handle 44. with rearwardly extending damper-rod 45 therear end of which is connected with a rofckhorizontal rocl -shaft 47' jouri outer end in a bracket back of the oven 9 and jou ner end in a flue-coupling 50 over which the lower end J1? flue 51 is sleeved.

The rock-shaft 47 is provided. a point within the flange 50 with a rock-arm 52 notched for the reception of the cross-bar or reach of a bail 53 by means of which the damper 43 is raised above and lowered upon a damper-seat 54 forming the egress draft opening 55 of the oven 9, the said casting 54 being inserted into an opening formed for its reception in the upper rear corner of the said oven about midway-the width thereof. The said damper 43 is virtually housed within a damper-casing 56 interposed, a's it were, between the flue-casing 50 and the damper-seat 54. The said arms 57 of the bail aforesaid are extended forward and bent outwardly to form pintles 58 journaled in the side walls of the damper-casing 56. The said arms 57 of the bail are about midway of their length, ofiset to form trunpassage 19 by means of the shutter 2, and

ed from the suspension bail 53 in such a way that it is free to tilt and accommodate itself to the upper face 'of the damper-seat so as to eifectively close and seal the egressdraft passage 55.

Under the construction described, the spring 62 attached to the rod 45 exerts constant effort to close the ingress dra:

the egress draft-passage 63 by means of the damper 43, the said passages being simultan'eously closed by the spring 62 and simultaneously opened by manually pulling the rod 41 forward by its projecting handle 44 against the tension of the spring 62.

The timing mechanism 42 constitutes automatic means for controlling the closing and sealing of the passages 19 and It a predetermined time. It is unnecessary to describe the timing mechanism in de reference being had to the mechanism of the same character disclosed in my pending aplication filed August 1, 1913, Serial No.

It will be sufficient in this connection to say that the timing-mechanism 42 is furnished with a graduated dial 64 locaterfront of the casing containing the said mechanisin and swept by the pointer 65 of a setting-lever 66 secured to the projecting forward end of an arbor 67 carrying a timing-disk 68 located within the said casing and having a slot 69 receiving a timing-pin 70 mounted a timing-lever 71 hung on a stud 72 within the said casing. The said settinglever 66 is furnished at its lower end with andle 73, while the lever 71 is furnished inner end with a handle 74 projecting link76 the lower end of which is attached to a releasing lever or trigger 77 hung upon a pivot 78 within the casing 42 and furnished with a locking-notch 79 which adapts the trigger to be latched over the operatingrod 41 as shown in Fig. 7. The said rod 41 is provided with a stop-notch 80 which enters the casing 42 through a clearance-open-- ing 81 in the rear face thereof.

' Under the construction above described, the setting of the timing-mechanism becomes a condition precedentto the turning on of the gas which is constantly resisted by the spring 62. To operate my improved cooking-oven, the handle 74 must first be pulled down to withdraw the timing-pin 70 from the slot 69 in the timing-disk 68 which being thus left free to turn, may be rotated by means of the setting-lever 66 which is iorward through a slot 75 in the front of i the casing. From the lever71 depends a set by the pointer 65 on the dial 64. The .pulling down of the handle 74 depresses the lever 71 and hence the link 7 6 and the releasing-lever 7 which latter is thus brought into position for co-action with a notch 80 in the rod 41. WVithout such coaction the handle 41 cannot be locked in its forwardly extending position without which the gas-cock 7 will not stay open, nor the 10 shutter 2 and the damper 43. The timing mechanism having thus been set, the handle 44 is pulled forward whereby the square shoulder of the notch 80 in the rod 41 will be positioned in front of the lever 77 as shown in Fig. 7 It is desirable before setting the timing-mechanism to shut off the gas from the preheater by manually closing the gas-cock 8, whereby an accumulation of gas in the oven is prevented in case any appreciable time elapses between the setting of the timing-mechanism and the lighting of the preheater. The said cock 8 is also used as desired, to regulate the size of the flame after the apparatus has been started in operation.

During the entire oven-heating period which is determined in length by the setting of the timing mechanism, the heating of the oven will proceed, air being drawn freely into it through the ingress draft-passage 19 and leaving it through the egress draft-passage 65. As soon, however, as the time-limit has been reached, the registration of the slot 69 with the pin 70 permits the spring 82 to act to lift the lever 71 which in turn will liftthe link 76 and the releasing-lever77 which latter will thus be disengaged from the square shoulder of the notch 80, leaving the spring 62 free to pull the rods 41 and 40 from front to rear, whereby the gas-cock 7 is closed, the shutter 2 permitted to be into position to close and seal the s draft-passage 19 by its spring 27, 1e damper 43 permitted to settle by y into position to close and seal the draft-passage 65. If it is desired to forestall the time-limit and shut ofi the gas a d of the time set, it is only necessary to manually lift the lever 77 to release the coliiil lar 80 no so permit the gas to be automatiut off and the ingress and egresses to be closed and sealed.

own in Fi s. 5 and 8 of the drawshed with a rewn, a nipple 88 :ap 85 having alve 8'1 norit rising from essure u-ithin the oven passes a predemyself, howof relief-valve s, and may dispense with 1 provide my improved cooking apparatus with an upper thermostone 88 and a-lower thermostone 89, the upper thermostone'being suspended near the top of the cooking compartment in the oven 9 by means of suspension rods 90, and the lower thermostone 89 being supported upon posts or pedestals 91 rising from tl e bottom of the oven. The upper thermostone 88 may be of suitable sizeand suspended in any convenient manner, the only requirement being that it shall be placed so as not to interfere with the free draft through the egress-draft passage 55 of the oven. The lower thermostone 89"may also be of any approved size and arrangement, the only requirement being that it shall be lifted sufficiently above the burner so as'not to interfere with combustion or be scorched or disintegrated by the flame of the burner.

Instead of introducing the food-container directly into the oven, I may, if preferred, employ a food-container 92 as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, this container being by preference constructed of thin sheet-metal affording a neglible barrier for the heat of the oven. Since the food-container is readily removable from the oven it may be more easily kept clean than the oven itself, which may from time to time be soiled by foods spattering or boiling over. As shown, the container is furnished upon its side walls with suspension struts 93 which ride into horizontal channels 94 secured to the inner side walls of the oven proper near the lower end thereof. Under this arrangement and as shown in Fig. 9, a free passage around the food-container 92 on all sides is provided I for. As shown in Fig. 9 the food-container is provided with a lower thermostone 95 set within its lower end, and an upper thermostone 96 set upon its top. Either both or neither of these thermostones may be em ployed. The same may be said with regard to the thermostones 88 and 89 before referred to. As shown in Fig. 9 the food-container is furnished in its side walls with airholes 97 which would be omitted in case natural gas was used as a fuel so as to avoid contamination of the foodby the odors of such gas.

In a broad view of my improvement, it consists of an oven constructed to retain the heat, containing a burner or-preheater, and furnished with an ingress draftpassage and an egress draft-passage adapted to be sealed at a predetermined time under the control of automatic means which also controls means for shutting off the fuel-supply. The particular construction of the oven and its various accessories, may, as I would have it understood, be widely varied without departing from my invention.

1 claim:

a cooking apparatus for conjoint fire and tireless cooking, the combination with 130 &

an insulated cooking compartment having an ingress draft-passage in one of its side Walls and an egress drafbpassage in upperportion, of a burner located Within the lower portion of said compartment, a gas-pipe leading into the said compartment for supplying gas to the said burner, an oscillating closure mounted upon the said pipe for closing the ingress draft-passage, a closure for the egress draft-passage, a fuel-supply, cocking means for maintaining the said closures in their open positions, means for automatically releasing the said cocking means for closing the said closures and shutting the fuel-supply, and means independent of the said fuel-supply, for manually setting the apparatus for fire cooking and cooking the said cocking means.-

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROSS M. G. PHILLIPS. l litnesses CLARA L. i VEED, HAROLD D. PEARSON. 

